Help on writing scripts 3

[randybreck]

I am new at network administration and would like to know more about writing scripts. Does anyone know and good tutorials that might help me. I am not even sure what type of language the scripts need to be written in: DOS, VB, etc. Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Aslamvs]

hi,

Wriring scripts using dos is not a hard job for this thing you need to know the basic commands on dos. For information on command you can check out "HELP" in windows 2000. I think using windows "help" is the best way to know the commands.

You can start from mapping the drives
Mapping directories:
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syntax: net use <driveletter>: \\<computername>\<sharename> [/yes]

example:
rem map to common shared directory
net use c: \\server01\common
rem map to user's home directory in file server
net use h: \\server02\%username%
Notes:
You can replace <sharename> with %username% if you share out the user's home directory using the same name as his/her login name.
Some smart aleck half-baked user might just have just used your avourite drive letter to map to somebody else's share. When that happens, the user will get a &quot;you have already mapped h: to \\dumbo\share, do you want to map to \\server02\jack instead?&quot; message, or something like that. That's what the /yes switch is for. It serves as a yes response from the user, so he will map to your desired share, whether he likes it or not. (Of course, he could always re-map it after logon, but that's another story).

Mapping to Home directory:
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syntax: net use <driveletter>: /home

example: net use h: /home

Note: You can use this if you have specified the user's home directory in the profiles box under User Manager For Domains.

Mapping Printers:
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net use <portname>: \\computer\printersharename [/yes]

example: net use lpt2: \\printserver01\HPLJ5-Marketing


Some variables:
%username% - Username
%userdomain% - Domain where the user is logging in

Some commands:
start - command to start a batch file.

Synchronization:
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Your login scripts are located at the &quot;\ Winnt\ System32\ Repl\ Export\ Scripts&quot; directory.

OR try &quot;kixstart&quot;

http://www.bluestream.org/Windows/LoginScripting.htm

There are lots of other ways also to write the script like VB , Pearl.... etc
Hope this helps Aslam

 

[randybreck]

Great info. Looks like I have my work cut out for me. Thanks.